Director Jon M. Chu, known for helming Crazy Rich Asians, is truly a visionary, embracing large dance numbers that sprawl across New York City streets and public swimming pools.
The first act sets up the case with a brutal exorcism, but the screenplay by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, switches the film into an investigative procedural.
Director Craig Gillespie continues his love of music against long tracking shots, finding a way to make the most use of each beat and crescendo in the song.
Featuring a stellar supporting cast, including Julianne Moore and Brian Tyree Henry, Joe Wright’s direction is dulled by trying to play too forcefully with the audience’s perception of reality.